There are more details surrounding the release of the Forza 4 demo, which is due to be released to Xbox Live subscribers on October 3rd. Apparently, Turn 10 has chosen two race modes for the demo, which are the Quick Race and Rivals modes.

While the Quick Race isn’t really anything new, the Rivals mode really is nothing more than Turn 10’s version of what we have seen Electronic Arts do recently with the Autolog technology in recent racing game releases. In a nutshell, the Rivals mode allows you to race against friends even if they are not online, with the system keeping track of completed challenges and races; this allows players to receive Bounty when you are able to beat opponents.

The demo will include a number of cars. The majority of these cars are the same cars that were seen at the E3 demo in 2011. The demo will include the 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator, 2011 Subaru WRX STI and the Ferrari 599 GTO. The demo track is apparently based on the Bernese Alps track, according to Turn 10.

Forza 4 is still slated for release on October 14th for the Xbox 360. The game will be released in both a standard and Limited Edition. If you elect to pre-order the game before release of the game, depending on where you pre-order it (Amazon.com/Best Buy/Game Stop/Microsoft Store/Wal-Mart) you will also get a special bonus unlockable car as a pre-order bonus.

Google's chief lawyer Kent Walker has warned that key players in the smartphone industry are using patents in an arms race that is "gumming up the works of innovation". He called on the US government needs to rein in the use of patents.

Of course he would say that. Google's Android is being sued by every proprietary company out there trying to protect their products from the search engine steam-roller.

Everyone knows that Apple invented the smartphone and Google just copied it and flogged it for free to spoil Jobs' Mobs perfect plans. Sorry I was channelling the New York Times for a moment.

Google is also facing a huge lawsuit from Oracle, which claims that Android infringes on some Sun Java patents it bought. Even when the CEO of Sun actually applauded the use of Java in Android.

Handset makers such as HTC and Samsung face claims from companies including Microsoft that their Android devices infringe its software patents. Walker told the Guardian that it was hard to find what's the best path when there was so much litigation about.

He said that the patent system meant "the tech industry has a significant problem" and that "software patents are kind of gumming up the works of innovation." He claims that Google has been hesitant to use patents to file suits against other companies saying that it was not "good form."